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"Possibility and promise greet me each day as I walk out into my garden. My vigor is renewed when I breathe in the earthiness and feel the dirt between my fingers. My garden is a peaceful spot to refresh my soul." Meems

Such beautiful and delicate flowers...and hopefully, some yummy peaches this summer. My neighbor gave me a tree she raised from a seed from her own tree...which has delicious fruit. Don't know the name of it. It's still a baby, so I'll have to wait a few years for peaches. Enjoy yours!

Beautiful blossoms on that peach. It should be getting plenty of chill hours here this winter. Enjoyed meeting you and hope you got some plants you will enjoy. I can't wait to get into my backyard this weekend. Hoping for a pretty day tomorrow. Thanks for the info on your camera on your sidebar. It looks like a future Christmas present request.

Lovely blossoms! In the hometown I grew up, there is a park full of peach trees grown majorly for the blossom. In spring, people all rush there to enjoy the beautiful sea of blossom. Very impressive... Wish you get the fruit as well. I love white flesh peach, hmm, juicy and sweet...

How lovely, Meems. Above all others the peach blossom is treasured in Asian culture and you'll find it in their art and poetry thousands of years ago. It is a treasured symbol of longevity.

How old is your tree? Most dwarf peaches such as yours will bear fruit in their 2nd or 3rd year. It is important that you prune and train it for the first few years, trimming back 1/3 off of all the 2 year old wood to encourage fruit production.

Just visiting your Florida blog makes me feel like Spring is just around the corner :-)

I agree, Meems--even if you don't get a single peach, these beautiful blossoms are enough reason to plant this tree!

I've been scrolling through your earlier posts--so good to see you working on your new garden area. I really like the circular design with the container in the middle. Having to tear up your garden for a new well may turn out to be a blessing in disguise!

The blooms are beautiful. I grew up in Seminole Heights and my neighbor had a pear tree that had fruit every year and I have never seen another one in Tampa, so maybe the peach tree will bare fruit.I know you will keep us posted.

Aren't those PRETTY! We have a Dwarf Elberta Peach tree that just struggles along, but it lives. That's about it. We've had but one peach in three years. Maybe this year will be different, but I doubt it, since we moved it last year. LOL.

Again I find myself apologizing for the word verification. I've tried several times to keep it off. When it is off I am inundated with spam. I've gotten emails that folks aren't able to leave a comment and yet there are comments that show up. Thank you to those who try and to those who do leave comments. I appreciate every one who visits, even those who only read and come here for the photos. Have a blessed day!Meems

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I associate the garden with the whole experience of being alive, and so, there is nothing in the range of human experience that is separate from what the garden can signify in its eagerness and its insistence, and in its driving energy to live ~~to grow, to bear fruit. Stanley Kunitz